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For all computer users, patching is an important aspect of keeping secure online. Need more information on exactly what patching is, why it’s so important, and how to …

Data security vulnerabilities that exist within U.S. Federal agencies due to employees’ use of unsecure methods to exchange information, such as FTP – despite the …

Forty-seven percent of IT security professionals believe their personal healthcare information is less secure than it was 12 months ago according to a survey by nCircle. The …

A vulnerability has been discovered in Apple Safari 4.0.5 for Windows, which can be exploited to compromise a system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the …

BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to …

SQLninja is a tool targeted to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal is to provide a remote …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and reviews: Mobilizing a community to fight malware The word about …

April saw high activity from multiple botnets, namely Gumblar and Sasfis, according to a report by Fortinet. While Gumblar remained in the No. 1 position in Fortinet’s …

RST Antivirus 2010 is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …

Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. The following bugs have been fixed: HTTP parser limits …

Suricata is a network intrusion detection and prevention engine developed by the Open Information Security Foundation and its supporting vendors. The engine is multi-threaded …

Firewall Builder helps you write and manage configuration for your firewalls. It writes iptables commands, pf.conf file, Cisco router access lists or PIX configuration for …